Victor Cruz used terms like “I cringe’’ and “It scares me’’ when talking about the David Wilson backflip celebration that has triggered disparate emotions from the Giants. Some are left wanting more, others wanting no more.

“One time he did it with the ball in his hands, so that’s equally as impressive,’’ Cruz said. “The salsa and the backflip are two solid entities.’’

By now, everyone has seen the Wilson backflip, the ultra-athletic, gymnastic move he unveiled to punctuate each of his three touchdowns in last week’s 52-27 victory over the Saints. The Giants have been waiting for this scoring outburst from their first-round pick, but there’s more than a little concern about his celebration modus operandi.

“Nobody asked me to stop,’’ Wilson said yesterday, adding general manager Jerry Reese “told me if I get hurt then he’ll be in my grill.’’

When asked if he had a problem with the backflips, coach Tom Coughlin said: “Next question.’’ Informed Reese might have told Wilson to stop doing the backflips, Coughlin added, “You’re not going to get me on that one.’’

Teammates, most vocally Justin Tuck, want Wilson to ditch the backflip for something safer, such as a bow. But at least one prominent Giants player wants to see as many backflips as possible on Sunday when the Giants face the Falcons in Atlanta.

“Hey, if that means he’s scoring touchdowns, I hope he has five backflips this week,’’ Eli Manning said. “It’s OK with me.’’

Tuck said he has told Wilson “several times never do that again, and we’re going to have another talk about not doing it. Everyone knows how athletic he is, but the last thing we need is him having some tweak injury for showing off for the crowd.

“Let’s just keep him upright and running and keep the backflips for YouTube. They’re already up on YouTube, so they can go to YouTube to see them.’’

Wilson broke into a smile with all this concern about his backflips.

“It’s a possibility they can go wrong, but for me I’ve been doing ’em since I was three years old,’’ Wilson said. “It’s like easy, it’s almost like running, for me to jump and turn backwards. I’ve been doing it for a while. I think people can relax a little.’’